Topic: High Gig Portable Flac Player recomendations

[Neilyboy]

I recently grabbed a SanDisk Sansa Clip+ from amazon for under 50 bucks. I grabbed the 4 gig model but the cool thing is that it has a micro SD slot. So I can run a microSDHC card in there (what are they up to now like 32 gig) and have all kinds off flac goodness in something the size of a matchbook..

"The Sansa Clip+ MP3 player supports the most popular audio formats, including MP3, WMA, secure WMA, Audible, Ogg Vorbis, and FLAC."

The thing is friggin sweet menu is very nice if anyone has any questions hit me up.. It is rock solid!
Otherwise yeah I just use my iRivers either the H1xx or H3xx to play flac in the car..

Neil

[airbladder]

I like the Cowon stuff and the SanDisk Clip+.  Cowon is known for sounding great, play flac, and some take SDHC cards.  The Clip+ is super small, only plays music, and can take the micro SD cards.  With the internal memory and cards these players can hold a good amount of music.  I don't know of anything on the market that has an 80 or 100gb HD that plays flac out of the box.  I had a 60gb flac player and have gone to a smaller less expensive 24gb player.  At this point I would rather have something in my pocket or car that cost me 60$ than 200+$. 

[jtblackmore]

Here is your answer. Archos 500gig player that also plays FLAC. Largest capacity of any portable device I have seen.

http://www.archos.com/products/imt/archos_5it/specs.html?country=us&lang=en

[Colin Liston]

SanDisk Fuse on sale at Amazon $34 with free shipping

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000W09ZTK/ref=nosim/mmbevigaotst-20

[georgeh]

SanDisk Fuse on sale at Amazon $34 with free shipping

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000W09ZTK/ref=nosim/mmbevigaotst-20

You all are talking about flac players, so i guess this does play flacs, but didn't see that listed on the description?

[ts]

Grab a 160gb Ipod classic and rockbox it. 220 new at walmart for 7th gen.  I think used 6th gens go for ~150.


edit: 160gb iPod classic is not yet supported by rockbox.

[Colin Liston]

SanDisk Fuse on sale at Amazon $34 with free shipping

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000W09ZTK/ref=nosim/mmbevigaotst-20

You all are talking about flac players, so i guess this does play flacs, but didn't see that listed on the description?

It does play FLACs, it is buried in the specs on the sandisk site.
Feature List

http://www.sandisk.com/products/sansa-music-and-video-players/sandisk-sansa-clipplus-mp3-player-

Supports MP3, WMA, secure WMA, Audible, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, plus audio books and podcasts
Expandable microSDTM and microSDHCTM memory card slot grows with your music library and easily loads slotRadioTM or slotMusicTM cards **

[georgeh]

thanks Colin. i picked that one up on amazon, seemed to be what i was looking for.

[JackoRoses]

with those rockboxed ipods is there anyway to transfer the music to them without installing
the evil empire apple software?

[Jimna]

yes rockbox makes it appear as another drive, just like an external or thumb drive would appear..  drag and drop new music in the music folder and enjoy.

[rigpimp]

I found a 40GB Toshiba Gigabeat (F-series) to be awesome for file storage, file transfer and playback including 24 bit FLAC after loading Rockbox on it.  I picked up mine brand new on Craigslist for $100.

[JackoRoses]

yes rockbox makes it appear as another drive, just like an external or thumb drive would appear..  drag and drop new music in the music folder and enjoy.

thank you kindly

[phr]

I don't think it's possible to rockbox an ipod classic.  You have to get a 5th generation 60gb or 5.5 generation 80gb to install the 240gb drive from apricorn.  I see those ipod versions on woot sometimes though, and there's always fleabay.

If 48gb is enough, Cowon D2 with a 32gb sdhc card is a nice combo with good sound.

The Archos IT5 is mostly a video player, large and full of bugs, with SQ not so great.

[Belexes]

I recently grabbed a SanDisk Sansa Clip+ from amazon for under 50 bucks. I grabbed the 4 gig model but the cool thing is that it has a micro SD slot. So I can run a microSDHC card in there (what are they up to now like 32 gig) and have all kinds off flac goodness in something the size of a matchbook..

"The Sansa Clip+ MP3 player supports the most popular audio formats, including MP3, WMA, secure WMA, Audible, Ogg Vorbis, and FLAC."

The thing is friggin sweet menu is very nice if anyone has any questions hit me up.. It is rock solid!
Otherwise yeah I just use my iRivers either the H1xx or H3xx to play flac in the car..

Neil

Now just $40 shipped from Dell:
http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/products/All_MP3_Players/productdetail.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=dhs&cs=19&sku=A3099600&dgc=CJ&cid=24471&lid=566643&acd=10550055-1225267-u0t0f0fp35166c0s441#Overview

 

[tapeworm48]

For those people using these players in the car, what kind of FM transmitters are people using to get playback on the car stereo?  I've never owned any of them before, but from what i've seen/heard from friends, there weren't any great, reliable options.

FWIW I have been using a Cowon iAudio 7 for my portable FLAC playback.  Sounds good and is small in size. 

Thanks.